These seven "new" carols are all approachable and memorable. In his Christmas motet Hodie Christus natus est Schtz employs the full mastery of his madrigalian. The carols were put into storage and half-remembered (with affection!) by me until 2019 when I decided to arrange them for different choir combinations. We collaborated on many productions of musicals and Kath also wrote a few carols for the children to perform, with the music hurriedly scribbled down by me in spare moments and elaborated upon at a later date. At the junior school Katherine Hayes was teaching Drama and Poetry. In the early 1980s, I was teaching at the Guildhall School of Music, a comprehensive school in South-West London and a junior school in Stepney, all in the same week.
Piccolo), 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (2 players: Triangle, Sleigh Bells, Claves, Tambourine, Snare Drum, Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells, Cymbals), Harp (or Keyboard), Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) & Choir (SATB or SA+Men or SSA or TTBB). The orchestral score and parts (covering all seven carols) is the same for all versions. My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, Voice of the Harlem Renaissance, edited, introduction by Gerald Early, Doubleday (New York, NY. All seven carols are also available singly in each of the different voice versions. On These I Stand: An Anthology of the Best Poems of Countee Cullen (includes Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts, Christus natus est, and some previously unpublished poems), Harper, 1947. It is available as a complete Vocal Score with Piano (or organ) accompaniment in four different versions: Mixed Voice Choir (SATB), Mixed Voice Choir (SA+Men) with one stave of male voices for choirs with a shortage of men, with the male voices in the baritone range, Upper Voice Choir (SSA) or Male Voice Choir (TTBB).
They are: A Bed of Hay Shepherds' Carol Domine, Adoro Te Christ is here, Holy Year This Happy Night The Night Wind is Cold Hodie! Christus Natus est This sequence of carols can be performed as a whole or separately, either with orchestral accompaniment or with piano (or organ). Orgue et quintet vent ( 2 trompettes, 1 cor, trombone, tuba et percussion). Seller 99.8 positive Seller 99.8 positive Seller 99.8 positive. Orchestre de chambre (2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 hautbois, 1 basson, 2 cors, harpe et percussions). The Boston Camerata Anne Azéma - Hodie Christus Natus Est (NEW CD) New New New. A BED OF HAY is a set of Seven Carols for Christmas for choir and orchestra or piano with words by Katherine Hayes. Christus natus est (2007) A Cantata for Christmas (Personent hodie voces puerulae).Cette oeuvre est propose avec trois instrumentations possibles :1.